I really have nothing to say about CfA defenders, apart from “Aww.  Makes you feel sad when you think someone is infringing upon your rights, don’t it?”  Annnnddd…that “whoooosh!” is the sound of the point zooming over heads. To which all I can do is summon up the awesome power of  

So, I have a job again. All of the levels of Kafkaness were gotten through, and I received the official offer phone call yesterday afternoon.  Much to my great surprise, my future supervisor managed to wrangle the highest starting salary level for me out of H.R.  She must have some dirt on someone, somewhere. Now […]

Scarves, tea, and SlashArt for all!!

Hey now! I’m gonna let this slide for once, just because it’s Joe.  But that’s the only warning that GQ is going to get.

  First, let’s kill all the humans. You will recall the tale of how we came to own our Ed, right?  How we found him as a “stray” 6 month old kitten, then several month later our across-the-street neighbors came by with a sob story about his being their cat who they lost.  Who they […]

After spending some time asking questions, making phone calls, some new shit has come to light regarding yesterday’s post. Turns out that there is NOT a University-wide hiring freeze, though I believe that my would-be employers are under the impression that there is.  Turns out that the position I’m in line for belonged to one […]

And now a Non-Job Non-Update. The past year+ has been one long hamster wheel of misplaced hopes, false starts, stressful job interviews, demeaning job interviews, rejections, missed opportunities, truly Kafkaesque online applications, and above all, ENNUI.  And I don’t even really want a job very much.  I can’t imagine what I’d feel like if I […]